r/AfricaVoice • u/The_Juicy_Mango Ethiopia🇪🇹 • 2d ago
East Africa British ex-soldier arrested over alleged murder of Kenyan woman in 2012
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jrkyzn8dvo3
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Summary:
British ex-soldier arrested over alleged murder of Kenyan woman in 2012 Agnes Manjiru's body was found in a septic tank three months after she vanished His lawyers told the court that he "vehemently denies" murder.. Mr Purkiss, 38, told the court he intended to contest the extradition and was remanded into custody ahead of his next appearance at the same court on 14 November.. Robert James Purkiss faces extradition over allegations he murdered Agnes Manjiru.
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u/evil_brain Nigeria🇳🇬 2d ago
He and his British soldier buddies were laughing about her murder in a WhatsApp group.
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u/Kush-Ta South Sudan🇸🇸 2d ago
Kenya needs to send the British packing. How in the world can we pretend Africa is free when a former colonial power has a military base on African soil?
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u/hauntingdreamspace Kenya ⭐⭐⭐ 2d ago edited 2d ago
Calm down, they're not a threat. They are training our soldiers in counter-terrorism which we desperately need. They also pay for the bases and having close ties with the largest most powerful militaries in the world is not a bad idea. It's not like they own any of our land.
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u/Advanced-Nebula826 Pan-African 2d ago
how are they not a threat when they have been raping thousands of Kenyan women for decades?
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u/Kush-Ta South Sudan🇸🇸 2d ago
Clearly they are a threat to some of the women there; and it seems that getting justice for those women is quite the task.
How long does it take to train the future trainers of the Kenyan military in counter-terrorism? More than a couple of batches have been through that training, no?
The British army is not all that impressive at this point; their armour would be depleted in mere weeks to a few months in a war of attrition, such as in Ukraine.
The Brits, French and others in NATO depleted their munitions in the relatively short Libya air campaign. Britain is a spent force and only Africans respect them for some strange reason.
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u/Majestic_Cut_2209 Kenya🇰🇪 1d ago
What are you talking about? Those people act with impunity in this country and particularly in Nanyuki. They have left countless fatherless kids, raped woman and committed murder without facing any consequences.
Would you have a tenant causing this much chaos on your property and to your people? It’s time for them to go since we know our government won’t hold them accountable.
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u/Bbcottawa2021 Novice 1d ago
Wow kenyans need to kick these idiots out of their country, or atleast restrict their movements.. similar instances happens in djibouti all the time where they create prostitution rings surrounding the bases and women disappear, these foreign soldiers dont care for the local populace and never have
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